“I can tell it you it was invigorating and it was exciting. There were probably 2,000 young kids in the audience standing and chanting. If you want to find some energy for the conservative movement, you see it it there at CPAC. It’s one of the biggest convocations of young people you’ll see all year long,” Paul (R-Ky.) said on Fox News to host Sean Hannity.

Paul took the top spot in a straw poll last weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual gathering of conservatives.

He hasn’t been shy about his presidential ambitions in the past and he wasn’t on Monday night, either, when Hannity asked him to promise that he’d announce a 2016 candidacy on his program.

“Oh yeah, absolutely. We didn’t already announce it did we?” Paul quipped with a laugh. “Oh that’s right no — we didn’t saying anything.”

Paul also weighed in on Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who he said he was “tugging in the right direction” with regards to Ryan’s recent budget proposal.

“Well, we’re tugging him in the right direction. Last year, you know, my budget balanced in five years… and Paul Ryan’s budget was 28 years to get to balance. This year it’s in ten so I think he’s coming in the right direction,” Paul said.

He continued: “Now, he does things a little bit different, and I’m not saying that [to be] critical. He tries to bend the curve of spending to slow down the rate of growth. What I say is certain things shouldn’t be done in Washington.”